Hugh Howey

Bestselling author of Wool and other books. Currently sailing around the world.

Blood of Billions Pre-Order!

Before we get to the pre-order business, let me tell you a little something about this book. First: it’s the best stuff I’ve ever written. Hands-down. Not only that, it was the hardest book I’ve tackled. It’s the one I had the most doubts about. The one I agonized over. When I started writing Land of Light, I contemplated restricting the Bern Saga to three books. Looking back on how much hand-wringing I did over that decision, it seems a bit silly. The Bern Saga was always supposed to be…

An EPIC day at MCA!

A huge thanks to Millennium Charter Academy for having me speak with their students today. I had a great time, and came away very impressed with their school and their students. I spoke for an hour or so with the middle schoolers (Half of that was my talk on writing and reading, the other half was a Q&A). Then, Mrs. Kesler’s contemporary literature class had me for pizza and almost two full hours of gabbing about books. Both opportunities were a blast. I was really impressed with the questions these…

My WIXE 1190 Interview

Last Friday, I went down to Monroe, NC and did some book promoting. We hit the same spots that welcomed us with the first book, and the second time around was just as fun. A huge thanks to the guys at Oasis and Blu Moon for being such awesome hosts. Also, a massive thanks to all the fans and readers that came out to show their support. It was amazing to get a chance to sign so many books, even better to be able to discuss the plot of the…

Unveiling of the 2nd Edition

The Super-Duper Second Edition of “Molly Fyde and the Parsona Rescue” showed up today. I did a live unveiling, but it was on very short notice. For those of you who missed it … fret not. I recorded it.

Bucking Trends

Have you heard what some publishers are considering? They want to delay publication of ebooks until after their physical copies (read: hardbacks) have been on the market for a month or more. That means you early adopters get sloppy seconds (yeah, e-book formatting gets real sloppy compared to the nice, neat layout of print material). This seems crazy to me. The goal is to get people reading your words; and e-books offer convenience, benefits to the environment, and portability not shared by physical books. Now, don’t get me wrong, I’ll…